12. TFIOS

Oh my god... The Fault In Our Stars. When everyone started talking about it, I was like, "Ugh, another love story, just great". I was so, so, so wrong.

For those of you who haven't read it and are thinking the same thing I was, it is basically a love story. But there's less icky soppy stuff (sorry if you like that part of romance, I'm just expressing my personal opinion on here), and more on how the two characters are living with cancer. There is a little bit about soulmates and sex and "my one and only" sort of thing, but it's so simply stated, like an "it's what it is, if you don't like it, it's not my problem", it's just so much easier to read. It's not got long, sweet, unrealistically romantic discussions, it's funny and quick witted, like it was just two friends with mutual hate - or love - or something like that. The speech makes them sound really posh too? I'm not sure.

SPOILER ALERT:

I cried so much when Gus died - and at the funeral bit too. I have never cried this much over any book, let alone a romance novel. It looks like I'm surprising myself a lot these days.

SPOILER ALERT OVER

Anyways, yeah, if you aren't reading it because you don't like romance, don't worry about that - I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.